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Prof. Coffee Coupons for Coffee Profs!

Prof. Coffee is initiating five discount coupons for hard-working coffee profs.

1. Diploma – Once you purchase at least one bag each of M.A., ABD, CRT, Base-2, and PhD you receive a graduation gift of a free Bouquet OR a free HUG.

2. Sabbatical – For every 10 bags of Prof. Coffee purchased, you receive a sabbatical leave from paying for your next bag of coffee.

3. Full Grant – A research grant funding 100% of your next purchase of research materials (aka one bag of coffee). Periodically offered by grant agency.

4. Half Grant – A research grant funding 50% on your next purchase of research materials (aka one bag of coffee). Periodically offered by grant agency.

5. Residential Fellowship – A competitive award of one free bag of coffee of your choice per week for one calendar month given to the person who purchased the most bags during the previous calendar month. The first Fellowship will be based on purchases made from the launch date of Prof. Coffee (01/29/23) until February 28 and will be awarded during March (03/06, 13, 20, 27). In the event of a tie, the person whose purchases display the most Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (by having purchased the most varied selection of roasts) will be deemed the winner. If more than one person has the same DEI score, then the one among them who has purchased the most CRT wins. If there is still a tie, the next tiebreaker is whoever also purchased the most HUGs. If there is still a tie, then Prof. Coffee flips a coin or rolls a die live during a Zoom call with those who are still tied.

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M.A. Debuts!

M.A. may be a lesser degree than PhD, but Prof. Coffee’s M.A. blend is just as tasty. A mix of different Mexican and African beans according to availability and my whim, the current lot features FTO beans from Chiapas and FTO beans from the Hingakawa Women’s Association in Rwanda, a women’s empowerment organization that is part of the Abakundakawa (“Those who love coffee”) Co-op. I’ve been drinking different formulations of M.A. all week and think I found the sweet spot. I really like it. There’s a nice smooth creaminess to it, with berry and milk chocolate notes.

My supply the Hingakawa beans is low, but I have 15 pounds of FTO Rwanda beans from another co-op waiting in the wings. Ditto with the Chiapas beans. I’ll have to see what my supplier currently has on offer from Mexico.

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Week 1’s #1

First, a big thank you to Vandy friends who placed orders for Prof. Coffee after its launch last week. This new ordering system seemed to work without any hitches. I’m still learning the ins-and-outs of payment gateways on the back end. How Apple Pay gets charged was a little confusing, but I think I have it figured out. Most orders were via Venmo (easiest to deal with), but there were a couple CC orders and one Apple Pay, which was great because I got to see how all three worked.

The bestseller in week one was (somewhat unsurprisingly) CRT. I think I should comp Gov. DeSantis a bag; that’d be a hoot!

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Prof. Coffee Now Online for Roast-to-Order!

Your most intelligent choice in fresh-roasted specialty coffee beans in Nashville can now be ordered online and delivered weekly to the Vanderbilt University campus! In addition to the one that started it all—Bandung Blend—and professorial favorite PhD, three new blends (M.A., ABD, and CRT) and one single-origin variety from each of the major coffee-growing regions—Asia, Africa, South/Central America—join a rotating playlist of eight choices personally and painfully formulated, roasted, bagged, and delivered by Prof. Coffee himself.

Prof. Coffee—Micro-Roasted for the Macro-Educated.